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I* ILLINOIS STATE NEWS OCCURRENCES DURING PAST WEEK. THE University polony Suffers by Fire-- Large Receipts of the State - Fair-- Illinois Sued by Alton Parties- Miners Return to Work at Lincoln. Suffers by Fire. A disastrous fire practically wiped out the people's university colony in Pem­ broke township. Barns were consumed by flames resulting from an ignited prai­ rie. Nine horses, implements; stored grain and other property were burned. It was a death blow to a -community which-has struggled with almost every element of adversity since its organization two yean ago; Raise the OI4 Whaler Progress. The old whaler Progress. which has been on the bottom of the Calumei river since the close of the World's Fair, has been sold again to a club, which is rep­ resented by Charles E. Rausch of Chi­ cago. The club purchased the Progress from J. K. Pearson for $400. For two years the Progress has been on the bot- «torn of the Calumet river, not far from the mouth, lying over at a. sharp angle. The hold is full of water, and the weather beaten spars alrid planks are getting very soft. The rigging, which is a survival Of the days of hemp, before wire took its place, hangs in festoons from the masts, and her few yards arc stflj, crossed on the old spars. \ Ottawa Man Has an AiraMiu Theodore Stark of Ottawa made the initial trial of an airship, upon which he sas been working for the last five years. Sis contrivance, which is an arrangement &£fourteen-foot curtains, hung in a cylin­ der, was taken to the clay pits, two miles east of the city, where the test was made. Every effort was made to keep the trial and its results secret, but it is ^aid that when the wind caught the aeronaut's sails he was carried to ,a height of about 200 feet, at which altitude he remained for twenty minutes.' Stark is a laborer 25 years old. He has devoted all his earn­ ings since 1892 to the perfection of his airship. the State. Suit has been brought against.the State of Illinois for damages in the sum of $25,- 000 by Mrs. Mary Divine, Mrs. Mary Crowe and Will and John Costello, all of Alton, for the life of Mrs. Divine's son, Patsey Divine, who was hanged twelve years ago at Bloomington for the murder of Aaron Goodfellow. Divine protested his iimocence to the last, and the. suit is based upon the story of a French priest '. at Fort MadiSon,~Ibwa, who tells the mother that a dying man confessed to him that he murdered Goodfellow, and asked him to notify the mother that her son was innocent. • •••' . , Return to Work. At Lincoln, the army of miners of the Lincoln Cbal Mining Company, following a ten weeks' strike, returned; to work. The operators granted them ^he scale t h e y w e r e h o l d i n g 0 H t j t d r , . , 4 2 ^ p e r t o n , g r o s s w e i g h t a n d m i n e ' ^ . . " V Accidentally Shot and Killed. , r Mrs. 'Benjamin Bryner, aged 16 years, rtwk - and married T)ut" three months ago, was accidentally shot and instantly killed by Frank Ivalil, aged 12 years, at her home in Chillicothe. '7" 7 Thieves Loot a Church. Sneak thieves cleared the Episcopal Church at North Evanstou of linen, laces and choir boys' gowns, and left the house of worship in a state of disorder. State News iu Brief* Albert A. Hammers is missing from his home in Elgin. Louis Grundhoff was instantly killed by a freight at Aveston. He was 70 years old. Father F. C. Duffy of Iiewanee has been appointed dean of Danville, and" will take up his new work at once. :IIBj A. P. Anderson, a coatmaker of La Salle, threw himself in front of a train of cars and was ground to death. George Donnesberger has been appoint­ ed cashier at the Chicago custom house at a salary of $2,500 per annum. Lieut. A1 Dutton, captain of the Cen­ tral police detail under "Chief Badenoch, and for nineteen years 011 the Chicago police force,.has resigned his position. Louis Fortin and Miss Marie Bergeron were married at the Church of the Mater­ nity, Bonrbonnais. They are prominent in French circles of Kankakee County. The bar docket for the October term of Kankakee County Circuit Court shows 113 law and 140 chancery cases, of which 22 are bills for divorce. There are 18 criminal cases. ^ , The" Chicago theatrical firm of Kohl & Middletos has been dissolved. Mr. Koh] will go with Castle and Hopkins. Mr. Middleton will conduct the museum en­ terprise of the old firm. / The corrter stone of. the Cumjberland Presbyterian Church at Decatur, was laid by the MasonicjXraud Lodge, of Illinois with impressive ceremonies,'"" the follow ing officers Officiating: M. W.Owen Scott, Grand Master; R. W. Roswell T. Spencer, Deputy GrantL-Mnstcr; J. N. Bakes,, nior Grand Warden; W. I. Lowery, Ju­ nior Grand Warden; W. E. Nelson, Grand ^Treasurer; J. S. McClelland, Grand Sec­ retary; Rev. W. L. Bankson, Grand Chaplain; J. D. Templeton, Grand Ora­ tor; E. J. Wilkins, Grand Pursuivant; F. M. Young, Grand Marshal; W. L. Riber, Grand Sword Bearer; C. B. Hughes, Senior Grand Deacon; E. R. Moffet, Junior Grand Deacon; C. M. Bor- chers, L. L. Underwood, C. C. Randolph and H. W. Bell, Grand Stewards; P. J. Lowe, Grand Tyler. The edifice will be of brick and stone and the estimated cost Is $15,000. ' * J. A. Turner was scalded to death at Flora. Robert E. Harrington, a Marseilles grain" dealer; closed his warehouse on ac­ count of his Chicago correspondent having suspended. Attachments aggregating $8, 000 were entered against him. The Chicago Tract Society has elected the following officers: President, Homer N. Hibbnrd; vice-president. Rev. E. A. Adams*, treasurer, Wesley L. Knox; sec­ retary, Rev. Dr. E. M, Wherry. ,f> Harry Nprton Burnham, who was a teacher in the Wells school, Chicago, com­ mitted suicide at his parents' home, Low­ ell, Ind., He is supposed to have shot him- . self while delirious from typhoid fever. The work of Removing the Chicago pub­ lic library to its new building has been finished. The women of Blomington operated the street railway system of that city and Normhl for charity, and the result is a neat addition to the fund of the Bloom­ ington Benevolent Association. Trolley day was in all respects a success. r - Fire destroyed the salt docks of Joy Morton & Co. and the United Salt Com­ pany, in slip No. 2 at 102d street and the Caluciet river, South Chicago. The loss to JOT Morton & Co. will amount to about $32,000 and that of the United, Company is about $30,000, both covered by insur­ ance. J. K. Jones of Chicago fell dead from heaTt disease while doing rescue work at a fire. Twelve horses were, killed by fire in Chicago. They were owned by Young & Quail arid J. E. Holmes. Otto H. Dank ward,, a young traveling salesman, killed himself w,ith a pistol in the Tremont House, Chicago. %'A?*1 * ' James E. McClure of Carlinvillo and Miss E. Florence Parker of Arkadelphia,, Ark., were married in St. Louis. George H. McKinlCy, a Cousin of the President, took possession of' the Moline postoffice in place of M.%. McEuiry. ' The large barn on the stock farm of J. A. Countryman & Son, near Holconib, was destroyed by fire. Five- hbrses were lost. . The gros* receipts of the State- fair at Springfield were the largest ever, known, and it is estimated that they will reach over $75,000. Evati^ton City Council has appointed a committee to confer with Stated Attorney Peneen concerning the-prosccution of ex- City Clerk Bogart. Marshall Harris of Spring'Valley plead­ ed guilty of murder in the first degree. He killed Victor Vicelli of Ladd, whose house he was robbing. The. will of Henry Keep was admitted to probate in Chicago. It disposes of an estate valued at $1,137,000, of which $477,000 is real estate. Mrs. M. B. Nelson, wife of a retired building contractor, was killed by the Lake Geneva express on the Northwest­ ern road at Jefferson Park. Prof. Herman 12, von Hoist, the famous historian and professor iu the University of Ghicago, who is a native of Russia, has become an American citizen. >r. L. F. Stoddard rdied suddenly at losey. He came from New Hamp­ shire in the '30s, and had practiced medicine for nearly fifty years. At Olney, a lamp exploded in the house of Dr. Rowland, burning his two daugh­ ters, Mrs. Thomas Edwards and Miss Edna Rowland, the latter fatally. Bfev. Dr. St. Croix Wright of New York City will be called to fill the pulpit of Unity Unitarian Church, Chicago,", made vacant by the resignation of Rev. Ben­ jamin R. Buckley. One hundred men have gone on strike at the SylvaA steel works at Moline. They demand a restoration of former wages, having bepn cut from 10 to 20 per cent. The laborers, shearers, straighteners and ingot-makers are involved at present. The farmers of Sugar Grove, west of Aurora, are bitter against the sportsmen of Aurora and are determined to keep them from hunting on their farms. They have therefore banded themselves into the Mutual Protective Association of Su­ gar Grove. A special-froai Lincoln says-that a gang, of about forty tramps held up a Chicago and Alton train there, and that it was necessary to call on the sheriff and his deputies and the city police to disperse them. Several arrests were made and. the train released. At Christ Episcopal Church in Wau- keg&n, Rev. William E. Toll celebrated his sixteenth anniversary as its rector. Tiere was no special observance of the event, «s Rector To! has been there so long that his recurring anniversaries are taken as a matter of course. ' • Four indictments were found by the SSngam'on County grand jury against ex- D0C0MENT NO. 148 . TELLS ABOUT CURRENCY AND COINAGE. ' One of the Most Important Documents Ever Issued by tlieTreasury Depart­ ment--Of Use to Campaign Speakers --"Unit" of Measure Discussed. Describes Money, Special Washington correspondence: *"• The Treasury Department has revised and brought down to date the import­ ant document of . last -year issued for the purpose of fl^egtjug to. the pub­ lic information Upon the currency is­ sues whieh were-before the country in the last campaign,' and whieh are being again discussed this year. Last year's circular, which was known as "Treasury Circular No. 135," was pre­ pared under "the/auspices and direction of Secretary Carlisle, while this one is, of course, prepared tinder the. auspices and direction of Secretary Gage. It is observed, however, thai the statements relative tt; currency, and especially, those relating to the monetary unit have been little, if any, changed in the present, document. The information which this circular, which is now to be known as "Circular No. 143," gives with reference to the iti redemptiottrof the national'currency. All national banks are required by law t$ feceiv§. the notes t>f other Mtlonal banks at par. . ^The minor cotns of nickels arid cop* per are legal tender to th^ extent of 25 cents." TheUoit. The discussion of gold and silver coins brings out afn interesting state­ ment thus officially made regarding the "unit," or dollar. The discussion of the gold coins savs: "The coinage of legal lender gold was authorized by the first coinage act passed by Congress April 2, 1792. The gold unit of value is the dollar, which contains 25 8-10 grains of standard gold .900 fine. The amount of fine gold is 23.22 grains, and the remainder of the weight is an alloy of copper. While the gold dollar is the unit and standard of value, the actual coinage of the one dollar piece was discontinued under authority of the Act of September 26. 1890. . . . The silver unit is the dol­ lar, which contains 412% grains of standard silver .900 fine. The amount of fine silver In the dollar is 371*4 grains, and there are 41% grains of copper alloy. The standard silver dol­ lar was first authorized by the act of April 2, 1792. Its weight was 416 graliis .802.4 fine. It contained the same quantity of fine silver as the present dollar, whose weight and fine­ ness were established by the act of .goods which were held back prior to its enactment and rushed into the coun­ try as Won as Jt \ftsut u£ori.the statute books, while precisely, .the reverse con­ ditions prevailed when tbe.Dingl.ey law went into operation. The deficit in the second month of theWilsonlaw was over $13,000,000. wliilo fn the second month of,the Dingley law there will be little, if any, deficit. There is every rea­ son to believe that the Dingley law will provide sufficient revenue to.meet all running expenses when matters rsume their normal condition. American Steel Products. Every day adds its. proof of the bene­ fits derivable under a policy of protec­ tion. It was protection that enabled us to " establish our iron and steel mills. From tlie.se mills we have been enabled to supply our own markets with the Iron and steel products that we have needed. From these mills we have been enabled to supply foreign markets to a limited extent, a business'that is steadily increasing. The Cleveland (Ohio) Rolling Mill Company has re­ cently receaved an order for 1,000 tons of bar steel to be Shipped to Birming­ ham, England; The steel was to be of such shape as to permit of its "being drawn into wire and, we believe, it has already been shipped from the mill. Without a protective policy we should never have had any mills that could supply steel to the largest steel manu- DANGER OF FAMINE. \ THE AMERICAN FACTORY IN 1894, UNDER FREE TRADE. Qpelorsas, LaJyCnt Off from Food plies by Quarantine. For fear of fever OpClonsas, La., is fact to face with famine. "The food Stores ii that town are all but exhausted/.irid^shofr grin quarantine in a close cordon of neigi£ boring towns makes it practically impos­ sible to bring in supplies^ The population^ of the town is divided on the question w^etljer ^tftrVatibn is bet­ ter or worse thari deuth from yellow jack. This question dbfe'6 not trouble the quar antine authorities, whose restriction! have caused the shortage in Opelonsasi Yicksburg, Miss., has placed aft absolute embargo on the operation of all trains 61 the Yicksburg, Shreveport and P&cifi< road on the ground that the coripa^iy violated the established quararitin^'jregri lations. .' ' , It is -more than likely that the geneta} quarantine in effect throughout-the cotton belt will have an appreciable effect upon the price of that staple and will causi heavy losses. The quarantine has been very strict against this character o1 freight, and only a few of the towns in­ terested have as yet relaxed the severity of original conditions. • Even in these cases no cotton coming via infected citie» is allowed to pass. Atlanta is becoming restive under the failure to receive malls, and it is claimed that morn than $1,000, 000 in bank checks and grafts for ,th« Georgia city are held up in the mail-gorg> ed postoffice of Mobile for lack of suffi­ cient facilities to handle the fumigating plant. USt LESS BUTTERINE. •• Million First Pres- Mrs. it of the- Collector' of Water Rates "George .Hoffer* kamp. He is charged with larc^ay, fori, gerj-, falsifying public records and obtain­ ing money by false pretenses. Hoffer- kamp's accounts are about $3,000 short Regarding the suit begun in tile Federal court at Chicago'by. Cyrus W, Ivnouff, a' theological student, for $10,000 damages for false arrest, against Sheriff Brown, City Marshal Powell and Officer Finney, of Waukegan, a simple explanation is given by them. They say they arrested the man on orders from the Logansport, Ind., authorities, who sent a description and photograph.' When an Iridiirqa. man came for the prisoner it was found that the wrong irian was in custody, .his broth er being the nian wanted. KnoUff was not dragged through the streets! denounced as a chicken thief or accompanied ;by a jeering mob, as is alleged in' the declara tion of the suit. ' The Sangamon County grand jury at Springfield has returned indictments against William R. and John R. Loch- ridge, the insolvent bankers of Pawnee, charging them with embezzlement of ac­ counts as bankers. The Loch ridge bank failed a year ago because its owners op­ erated on the Board of Trade and had shared the usual fate of unsophisticated countrymem who essay the game. An at­ tempt was made to indict them at the tune, but there was so much sympathy for the brothers that it failed. When the present grand jury met some of the men who had lost by the failure of the bank wejit before it and insisted on a bill being returned; The Lochridges were wealthy people and prominent church menxbers, and until the bank failed it was consid­ ered the "safest country banking institu­ tion iu that part of the country. Rev. R. J. Kellogg, pastor of a little Congregational church in Denverside, is building a parsonage under the protection of a double-barreled shotgun. lie was formerly pastor of the Suinftiit Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church' of East St Louis. He put $600 of his money into the Denversldo building and was ordered to turn it over and go elsewhere. The Congregationnlists bought the church and he was made its permanent pastor. He wanted a parsonage. The congregation was too poor to build him one. He said he would build it himself, with what help he could get from the congregation and others. A week ago the Carpenters' Un­ ion demanded that non-union men be dis­ charged and union men be taken in their places. Rev. Mr. Kellogg refused to com­ ply and a few nights later, while at work alone on the parsonage, was assaulted by a gang of seven men, Who compelled him to. discontinue work for the time being. He secured a shotgun, and hereafter he will take it to the building and keep it handy for instant use. While running a race with a West Madison street cable train, Chicago, Al­ bert Rendnnt fell from his horse under the grip car and was probably fatally hurt. At. Monticello, Lloyd Kincaid, Fred Fales and Otis Woollngton were convict­ ed of murdering Thomas Hickman June 22, 1892, and throwing the remains on the railroad track. Dr. Felix Reigner of Monmouth, who recently shot and killed Simon Frandsen, has been again exonerated. The grand jury, after several days' investigation, refused to find an indictment. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bnrbank of Syca­ more celebrated the golden jubilee of their wedding. The Illinois Army and Medical Associa­ tion held its annual meeting in Spring­ field and elected the following officers: Dr. A. C. Carr, Carlinville, president; Dr. P. L. Dieffenbach, Havana, first vice- president; Dr. E. R. HarlotJ, Springfield,, secretary and treasurer. The reply of the manager of the Spring Yalley Coal Company to the demand of minors for .the scale, adopted at Spring Valley was the putting up in the office window of the t-ircultfr issued by Messrs. Sweet and Bent in behalf of the opera­ tors who refuse to pay that scale. I TIpjeworKs 5HUTB0WM ACCOUNT DEPRESSION USINESS THE AMERICAN FACTORY IN 1897, UNDER PROTECTION. m Tf THEJE NIC.HT Because BU5INE55 --Judge. currency, and especially those features now under discussion in various States, Is of renewed^. interest by reason of the fact that^he subject is now under dis­ cussion iind, mhde a leading feature of the campaign in certain States. Ten Iyinds of Money Described. The description given of the various kinds'of money and their relation and legal tender qualities is sis follows; "There are ten deferent kinds of money in circulation In the .United States, namely, gold coin, standard sil­ ver dollarsfsubsidiary silver, gold cer­ tificated silv0f certificates, treasury ^otelT issued under the act okJaly l; 1890, tMted StateS fiotes' (also called legal greenbacks and legal tenders), na­ tional bank notes, and nickel and bronze coins. These forms of money are all available as circulation. While they do not all possess the full legal tender quality, each kind has such at­ tributes as to give it currency. The status of each kind is as follows: •'Gold coin is legal tender at its nom­ inal or face value for all debts, public and private, when not below the stand­ ard of weight and limit of tolerance prescribed by law; and when below such standard and limit of tolerance it is legal tender in proportion to its weight. "Standard silver dollars are legal tender at their nominal or face value ln -payihent of all debts, public and pri­ vate,without regard to the a mount, ex­ cept where otherwise expressly stipu­ lated in the contract. "Subsidiary silver is legal tender for amounts not exceeding $10 in any one payment. "Treasury notes of the act of July 14, 1890, are legal tender for all debts, pub­ lic and private, except where otherwise expressly stipulated to the contrary. "United States notes are legal tender for all debts, public and private, except duties on imports and interest on pub­ lic debt. "Gold certificates, sliver certificates and national bank notes are not legal tender, but both classes of certificates are receivable for all public dues, while national bank notes arc receivable for all public dues, except duties on im­ ports, and may be paid Out by the Gov­ ernment for al] salaries and other debts and demands owing by the United States to individuals, corporations and associations within the United States, except interest on the public debt, and January 18, lSSt. The coinage of the standard silver dollar was discontinued by the act of February 12, 1873, and it was restored by the act of February 28, 1878. The total amount coined from 1792? to 1873 was $8,031,238, and the amount coined from 1878 to June 30, 1897; was $451,003,742." 1, > Redemption. On the question of redemption the circular says;. "Gold coins and standard silver dol­ lars, being standard coins of the Uni­ ted States, are not 'redeemable.' "Subsidiary "coins and mitior coins iftay be presented, in sums or multi­ ples of twenty dollars, to the treasurer of the United States or to an assistant treasurer for redemption or exchange into lawful inoriey.,, "United States notes are redeemable Jn 'coin' in suriis not less than $50, by the assistant treasurers in New York and Saw Francisco. ' ^'Treasury notes of 1890 are redeem­ able in 'coin,' in sums not less than $50, by the treasurer and all assistant, treasurers of the United States. "National bank notes are redeemable in lawful money of the United States by the treasurer, but not by the assist­ ant treasurers. They are also redeem­ able at the bank of issue. In prder to provide for the redemption of its notes when presented, every national bank is required by law to keep on deposit with the treasurer a sum equal to 5 per cent, of its circulation. ! "Gold certificates, being receipts for gold coin, are redeemable in such coin by the treasurer and all ' assistant treasurers of the United States. "Silver certificates iire receipts for standard silver dollars deposited, arid are redeemable in such dollars only. "'Coin' obligations of the govern­ ment are redeemed in gold coin when gold is demanded, and in silver when silver is demanded." A. B. CARSON. . Very Satisfactory. Considerhig that the Dingley law fouud the warehouses and shelves of the country crowded with foreign goods when it went into operation, its second month is proving very satisfac­ tory and gratifying. The receipts for the month will, it is expected, surpass those of the corresponding mouth iu the history ol' the Wilson law, although that law had the advantage of the rev­ enues from large quantities of foreign factuning center in the world. The wall of protection does us no harm. It keeps out the- steel products of Bir­ mingham, but it does not prevent our steel products from getting there. action Decreases Five Pounds In One' Year. • :% / The production of oleomargarine foi the yetf.r ended June 30, 1S97, amounted to 45,i)31,207 pounds. When compared with the figures-of the previons year this shows a decrease of 5,322,027 pounds. Most of this decrease was iu the first dis­ trict of Illinois, which produces more than onedialf 6f the oleomargarine made in the United States. The production in that district in 1890 was more than 29,000, 000 pounds, while in the last fiscal year it was less than 26,000,000. When an In­ ternal revenue tnx was laid on oleomar garine in 1886 the prediction was made that the production of this article would rapidly fall off. Instead of falling off the production increased from less than 22,- 000,000 pounds in 1887 to nearly 70,000,' 000 in 1894. There has been a steady and rapid de­ crease during the past three years, which the treasury officials attribute to hostile State legislation abridging the privilege of sale, and in some cases absolutely pro» hibiting the manufacture of oleomarga. rine. Six manufactories went out of bus­ iness during the past fiscal year, the num­ ber of wholesale establishments decreas­ ed from 157 to 103 and the number of retail dealers from 4,3£$b to 3,539. More than 3,000,000 pounds was exported, which,, is a slight increase over the year 1890. There are six oleomargarine manufac­ tories in the State of Illinois. The nuia ber of wholesale establishments in the State is twelve and there are 1,065 retail dealers. Wholesale dealers in oleomar garine pay an annual license to the Fed eral Government of $480. Retailers are taxed $48 per annum. The revenue de­ rived from this source during the past fiscal year slightly exceeded $1,000,000. The total production of oleomargarine during the past ten years amounted to 506,953,866 pounds, which yielded a total irevenueof^?i2,609^774.33. DISASTER ON THE SEA. M FOR; Convention of the Illinois. The "Crusade Psa' cry with which the the Woman's Christian. ion was formally opened in byterian Church in ChaE Louise S. Rounds, State _ union, read the first ye£S£, "Praise ye the Lord; praise the Lord, O my soril," hnd the answer, "While I live will I praise the Lord," came like an echo from" the throats of 400 women who wear the white ribbon on their breasts and the cause of temperance in their hearts. After prayer was offered by the Rev. H. : H. O'Neal of Champaign, Mrs. Rounds called the convention to order. Rev. Wohlfarth of the Methodist Church of Urbana and Dr. C.. N. Wilder, pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Champaign* then made addresses of-welcome on behitif of all the churches of the two cities. Prof. David Ivinley 1 rought greetings from the University of Illinois on behalf of the president, Andrew S. Draper. Mrs. Mary C. Kuhl, president of the 13th district, gave welcome to the con­ vention from the local unions of Cham­ paign and J..'rbanfl. Mrs. Edna Gilmore of Decatur, Mrs. E. A. Sanford of Bloom­ ington and Miss M. Lena Morrow of Free- port made responses to the greetings. Mrs. Mary. A. Coomb of Areola, secretary pro tern., read the report of the executive com­ mittee. The department of work among soldiers and sailors was recommended to be incorporated into some similar depart­ ment. The appointment of the commit­ tees, miscellaneous business and the re­ ports of the 22d district then occupied the attention of the convention until the ad- joxurnment at the noon hour. At the second1 session of the day Mirs. Jessie B. Hilton read an encouraging re­ port on the mothers' meeting. Mrs. Tuyn of Joliet Ve«d the report on press work. James H. Shaw of Bloonxington, secre­ tary of the Illinois Christian Citizenship League, made an addreSs on the work of the league and nrged the co-operation of the Woman's Christian Temperance Un­ ion. His declaration that "the Christian forces of Illinois must camp on the door­ stop of the senate chamber" received the loudest applause of the day. The report on the State paper, the Illi­ nois Watch Tower, was read by the edi­ tor, Mrs. Cairie L. Grout of Rockford. A deficit was reported and several unions made gifts to help supply the needs of the Watch Tower's treasury. Mrs. J. D. Collins of Yandalia read the report on the work among soldiers and sailors, and Mrs. J. B. Hobbs read the report on summer assemblies. Mrs. Mary E. Metrgar, vice-president of Illinois, presided at the evening meet­ ing. Mrs. A. E. Carmen, national super­ intendent of prize medal contests, then presented three gold medals to the district, eountyyind local unions whieh had held the -greotest number of -Woman's -Ghrie- tian Temperance Union medal contests. District 16 received the district medal* Marion County secured the medal for counties and Eva Munson Smith won the local union medal. Mrs. Rounds then delivered the presi­ dent's annual address. i HONOR FOR EDWARD COOK. Elected Grand Master by Illinois Grand Lodge of Masons. White apron and regalia were in evi­ dence in the neighborhood of the Columbia Theater, Chicago, when the annual eom- . i American Products Again. It is encouraging to nofe that while empty vessels are coming to our ports for grain which must be paid for in European gold, the rusdi of foreign manufactured products to our markets whicli prevailed'during the closing daj^ of the consideration of the Dingley bill has ceased. While.Ameaicaai -farmers are exchanging the products of the soil for good money, there is at last a prom •ise that American woi-kingmen are to have an opportunity to supply the peo­ ple of this country with the things which have during the past, three ol four years been manufactured in Eu­ ropean workshops and factories by un­ derpaid workunen.--Cleveland Leader. Clear and Vigorous. The reports from Spain now make it perfectly apparent that President Mc- Kinley's attitude on the Cuban ques­ tion is going to be clear, vigorous, and of a character that every American citi­ zen will approve. Not only is he enter- ing on a course which,will bring pre- tnanent peace aUd prosperity to Cliba and the Cubans, but one which will meet with the approval of the intelll- gent nations of the earth and avoid the hostilities and criticisms which would have been certain to follow hasty and ill-advised actiori taken without care­ ful examination of^ all; the Mets and equally careful consideration as"to the course of duty and wisdom. Appalling Incident of a Hurricane-- Ship and Fifty Men Go Down The British barkentlne St. Peter, before reported having been passed^ at sea and making for .Halifax in distress, arrived there Sunday. She was partly dismasted in a hurricane that struck her on the night of Sept. 8, compelling her to put about .for Halifax in order to repair the damage. Capt. Skaling brings the startling re­ port that the storm through which his ves­ sel passed was the cause of sending to the bottom a four-masted iron sailing ship, which must have carried a crew of at least forty-five or fifty men. The St. Peter and the other vessel had been sailing within sight of each other all day Sept. 8, but never came within hailing distance. The name of one could not be distinguished from the deck of the other. When night closed in the big ship could be plainly seen from the deck of the St. Peter. Her lights were in sight for some time after dark. Then the hurricane swept the oe^an and on the 9th nothing was to be seen\f the four-masted ship sighted the day before, but shortly after the barkentine passed the floating wieck of, a ship's deck and deckhouse, which the crew identified as belonging to their sailing companion ol the previous day. Capt. Skaling is satis­ fied that the other vessel went down with every man on board. • -• SAY 20,000 WERE LOST. ^ Great Floods Ravage China, Leaving. Thousands Homeless,;- .Jjrecently of socialistic or semi-socialistic The steamer Victoria brings news -etl 5j„:... -* TTnUu) <3«-nt<w «•» of Illinois began; 850 Masons were pres­ ent and the attendance increased later. Grand Master Owen Scott of Bloom­ ington spoke briefly of the growth of the order ip thp State. He said that charters had been ^sued for five new lodges, three halls had been dedicated and five diSpen- sations for new lodges issued. . Grand Secretary Dill reported that or­ ders jtothe amount of $30,141.51 had been drawn on the treasurer, of Which $18,525 was, for mileage arid per diem, arid ?11»- 616,41 for otler expenses. During the year 1897, $39,609 was collected for dues for the current year; $313.50 for back dries and for other items, $713.75, mak­ ing a total of $49,636.25. When the annual election of grarid offi­ cers took place. Edward Cook of Chicago was chosen gra. id master to succeed Owen Scott. Before the second day's session of the annual communication in the Columbia Theater, Chicago, Senator William R. Mason, grand orator for Illinois, deliv­ ered an oration on "The Evolution of Na­ tions," which will be printed in the grand lodge proceedings. In his address Senator . Mason traced the development of government from the old system founded on brutc. force to the modern democracy, where each, inan has an equal voice in the affairs of adQiinisr- tration. Love for mankind and a respegfc , Of individual-rights, he said, were eharac- . teristic of more advanced government. He traced from early historical anil biblical times the.-gradual development of the fundamental principles of liberty. Then Ire touched upon the wonderful growth Needs a Copying Press. Some-curiosity begins to be felt as to the real attitude of Chairman Jones on the silver question and the propriety of its (introduction in State campaigns. He has advised for it and advised against it, and then he announces that lie had given no advice ol' any sort. Chairman Joueis should kei-<p a letter- copying press. A politician who neg­ lects to keep copies of his letters is sure to get iin trouble. v 1 To Keep Bryan Away. As -to that $1,500 check which McLean and Chapman, of Ohio, are said to have in favor of William Jennings Bryan: It is now suggested that prob­ ably the check was given to induce Mr. Bryan to keep out cf the S.ate. the most disastrous floods that have vis­ ited China for many years. Sixty .villages near Tung Chou, containing over 80,000 inhabitants, have been destroyed by floods and the people drowned or forced to flee. There is no means of finding how qx&ny thousands have been drowned, but the number is estimated by Chinese authori-j ties at 15,000 to 20,000. , : - The flooded district is within twely* miles of Pekin, the capital of China. As a rule Chinese officials make very little stir when a calamity like this happens, but the proximity of the disaster has, resulted in its being brought to the attention of the emperor, who has ordered that all pos­ sible relief be given. Survivors from the villages nearest Pekin have been allowed such shelter, as they can fiud on the city walls, but. thousands are without protec­ tion against the rain, which continues to fall. The distress of these people is most pitiable. Public spirited and wealthy men of Pekin and Tung Chou are actively as­ sisting the authorities in providing thess with food. °3> Xt turns out that the.lafct Arieona man appointed to office is an Ohio mam- Washington Post. Spain has reached that trying and dis­ tressing point where she can neither quit nor keep on with safety.--Kansas City Journal. ' Gen. Miles is about to start for home, probably for the purpose of having a new supply of photographs taken.--Cleveland Leader. Of course, Greece is -n mourning. The moral of it seems to be that it is bettei not to be too bumptious thajfcjto be sorry.-- Boston Herald. • Is it possible there is no way to satisfy the Mikado but.to call him into the wood* shed for an interview vith the old man? --Chicago Tribune. If Greece did more burning of gun- ipowder at critical moments and less burn­ ing of treaties, she would occupy a less pitiable position iu the eyes of the nations *-New York Press.; Ideas. He held up the United States the best example, so far, of government. The Senator's sense of humor found play in even so sober a subject as his, and he told, several characteristic stories. The committee on appeals and griev­ ances, finance arid chartered lodges, and lodgps under dispensation reported. Six charters were' ordered issued to new- lodges. ^ "" Picks Up a Small Fortnne. Officer Dave Little of the East St. Louis pajjee department found a satchel con­ tain ing the sum of $1,200 .in $10 and $20 gold pieces on the sidewalk in front of a residence in East St. Louis, He saw the satchel on the sidewalk and thought that as it lay in front of Dr. TwitcheH's resi- * dence and was quite heavy it contained surgical instruments that the doctor had forgotten to take into the house. Officer Little took the valise to the house and aroused the doctor, who said it was not his, but as he was about to close the door a lady, who was s°pending the night there.- said it belonged to her husband. Dr. A. J. Butler, who had left it in her charge, and she had put it down to bid the doctor good-by aud forgotten it. This and That* It Is estimated that the farmers of the United States lose $100,000,000 an­ nually from the depredations of the various iriseets. A female queen ant is always attend­ ed by one or more servants to carry oft her eggs, of which she lays from 5,COO to 10,000 a year. Sex against Sex was a divorce case recently decided in England. As usual, the female Sex got the' better. The corespondent was a Bird; What was known as Maine's oldest school house; situated In West Gardi­ ner, was destroyed by fire the other night. It was built 104 years ago. , A chimney weighing nearly 100 tons yraV recently moved 950 feet at Bine* hampton, New York, on a sled by six men and one horse. The task occupied nine days. A postoffice clock in Sydney emits an electric flash, lasting five seconds, eveiy hoar during the night, thus enabling those living miles away to ascertain th® I exact time.